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Current Project Team

2009  Evaluating Early Urbanism at Pukara, Peru (with Luis Angel Flores Blanco), supported by Wenner Gren International Collaborative Research Grant (ICRG). Excavations, mapping, and laboratory analysis planned for summer 2009. 

	Elizabeth A. Klarich, Director. Liz received her BA from the University of Chicago & her MA and PhD from UC Santa Barbara. She recently joined the Anthropology Department at Smith, Mount Holyoke and Amherst Colleges in Western Massachusetts. Projects in the works are an edited volume on prehistoric food preparation/feasting, an article for Latin American Antiquity, and a number of collaborative projects with colleagues in Peru, including a museum development program at the local Museo Litico Pukara.
	Luis Angel Flores Blanco, Director. Luis received his BA and Licenciatura from the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos and is presently enrolled in an MA program at UNMSM. His previous research has focused on domestic areas at the well-known site of Caral on the Peruvian coast and he has been working in the Titicaca Basin since 2006.
	Barbara Carbajal Barbara recently completed her Licenciatura at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú in Lima. In 2006, she worked on the mobile GIS survey at Pukara and returned to the field with us in 2009 to excavate in the site's central district. She is particularly interested in the Tiwanaku culture and has worked many years in Moquegua.
	Cecilia Chavez Justo Ceci completed her Licenciatura at the Universidad Catolica de Santa Maria in Arequipa and has been working in the Titicaca Basin for almost 20 years. In 2001-2002, Ceci was a crew chief at Pukara and also lab co-director. She is a ceramic specialist and is busy completing a regional typology based on her years of experience in the Basin.
	Karl La Favre Karl is a recent graduate of the University of Chicago and is presently enrolled in the Interdisciplinary Archaeology Program at UCLA for his PhD. He has worked in several areas of the Andes-- northern Chile, southern Peruvian coast, and the Titicaca Basin. In 2009, he was busy mapping various areas of Pukara.
	David Oshige Adams David is moments away from completing his Licenciatura at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. His thesis-- a study of the pre-Classic pottery from the 1970s excavations at Pukara-- will be a very valuable contribution to the prehistory of the Basin. In 2006, he was a member of the mobile GIS mapping crew at Pukara and in 2009 directed excavations/documentation at the Lagunita Mound in the site's central district.
	Honorato Tacca Honorato is a maestro (expert) excavator and field archaeologist who worked with our project in 2001, 2002, and 2006. His earliest field experience at Pukara was working on the Plan Copesco project of the 1970s and he has much valuable information to share. Honorato is also an experienced pottery; he and Klarich co-authored a paper on modern pottery production in the area for the American Anthropological Association meetings in 2006.
	Matthew Warwick Matthew is finishing up his PhD at the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, which is a study of the faunal remains (animal bones) from both the 2001 excavations at Pukara and another nearby Formative period site. His contributions to understanding prehistoric diet, herding, and other related issues are very valuable to our long-term efforts at Pukara.
	Matthew Wilhelm Matt joined the mobile GIS survey in 2006 and also assisted with the processing of soil samples in the freezing cold Rio Pucara. He is a professional computer technologist and on the project is in charge of data management, computer maintenance, and anything important that involves batteries and project data. In 2009, Matt was rarely seen without a Total Station nearby.